Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-16
BALDWIS'S RANCH.
4 Famous Farm That Contains
Fifty Thousand Fertile Acros.
Onnnce-t'rowing, shrcp-I;aising and Wine
Making on l. sic Sc.ir-1hc Grand
Domain OF tho Lurkicst Man
in the United states.


fros An-eics Cor. Phila ielphia TlrncsI
10 10 not IN easy matter for people living
on The Atlantic slope o. take iu tho idcl Of
runch or farm containing $4,000 acres ard
towering an rrca 81 fourteen miles Cnst
aud west by twelve milCs north aud south.
such. however. h. thcsi,C Of This Santa Anita
ranch, located twelve mites east OF tho
city 81 Los Angeles and belonging 20 the
famous millionaire. T. J. Ea.dwin, better
lnOwn by his VOL dcscrycl soubriquet -
"Luclfy' Baldwin. II b. on high ground,
which siopCs gradually down from the
Sierra Nadrc mountains. which tower
above IL and serve as a barrier against
winds end fOca By GA nh.olutciy unlin-
tied ard unstiutCd expenditure of money
Mr. baldwin has SO aided sell ard climate
20 the utmost possible extent n tho pro-
auction and q, vclCpwCnt Of fruit, grain
gnd fiuo Thoroughbred stock Of all kinds
that no tour Of California Is considered
complete without a visit 10 this largest
~ Ost Beautiful and most perfect Of ranches.
Santa Anita b. rcachCd by very bcauti-
fCl rCrd passing through The heart q The
Fan Gabriel valley. IL leads directly Icy
the famous San Gabriel winery. owned by
stock company and one Of tine largest
n'ruuftctCrics az wine. u this country. IL
r>t In The void; tic old Mission Of IAN
Gabriel. dedicated la 151l. now % mclan-
rhcly wreck. with nothing 80 tell OF is
former marn fccu6c save the immense
size 81 Tie great CdOhc structure ard the
beautiful chime Of tine bells. set in hand
some stCcplc; the massive new Hotel Ray
Mcnd at PasaGcnH-a town which is one
81 tho garden spots OF earth and whore
thrOu- huut tho winter the air t. loaded
with tho fragrance 81 countless orange
groves and gdrdcns Of rare 3owCrs-aud
past the magnificent ranches Of Gov
crn0r Stoncmau and L. J. Ecsc, tho fam
Gus wine grower AMI breeder Of trottirS
horses.
~ length Il reaches tho boundary line Of
"Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch
which stretches away across a great level
PLAIN, green as an emerald the year round,
as far as the eye cnn scc. II is bounded
only by tho mountains which wall In the
valley, and Il comprises almost ovcry
variety 81 land fror, the rich sandy loan
which produces the finest orauCc3--to
the rolling foothills, which are given up
90 sheep pasture
II was in ts,5. just after he had made a
successful dual in Ophir mining stock
the last great deal made In the Cornstock
by which nc cleared sTCO0cO0. that Mr..
Baldwin purchased the Santa Anita ranch.
IL then comprisc1 only 1880 acres Since
shat time nc has bought tho San Francis
quito, La Pucntc, Ia Mcrccd, Patrrro
Chico, La Cionega aud other tracts or
ranches. aggrc eating 41,OOJ acres now in
cludcd In his Santa Anita ranch BY Jan
uary l. 1881, ho had secured a clear title %
this immense estate, and ever since thcn
he has expended for improvements the
total income OF tho ranch and an add
uonal sum OF Si,p) per month He has
added seventy acres 90 tho orange groves.
planting them with tAo Washington or
secdlCss orange. the choi'cst anil most cx-
pensivo variety known Tho oil vineyard
has been increased By five hundred acres
and planted with the choicest varieties of
wine grapes. There arc sixty acres In
Engliah walnuts and ailost countless
acres Of aluiouds, h.-' pclChcs, peNs. Gp-
plos, apiiCots, pOnCgrauatcs aal cvery
othCr known variety Of fruit. lie sows
twelve thousand acres Of wheat every
year and has Hook of twcuty-one thou
sand shocp. Take into consideration the
corn, barley and other grains which are
raised for the support Of tho stock, etc,
and you may obtain faint idea OF the
enormous amount and variety OF the prol-
ucts Of Santa Anita. This ranch il prin
Cipality, not unlike u Southern plantation
before the war, save that here all the la
borcrs arc contentcd. well-fcd and we'll
houscd. There are about two hundred
and hftv mca constantly On tho payroll.
nnd, strangcs; OF all in this part Of the
country, not over dozen Cinnamon arc
included in tho number.
After we have soon the orange groves.
the orchards, vineyards, wine cellars and
othcr features Of what is known "a the
"homo place" we arc prepared 20 extend
our observations 10 the great wheat and
sheep ranchcA on the Puontc. We may
drive for milos through the fields whore
tho wheat, Ike a sea OF gold, waves 20 Rcd
fro in the gentle breeze that comes from
the ocean cooling, refreshing and health
giving after day of warm sunshine
Wheat Is not liable TO rust here and sell
dom lodges. The sun seems to have the
same power In bringing the whoa, 20 per
frction that IL cNorts on the oranges and
other scmi-tropical fruit.
Lucky Baldwin tho owner OF this vast
estate. is as remarkable among mon as
Santa Anita is among ranches. In pcrson
he Is inclined 10 he tall and slender, and
should judge his age 20 be- about sixtv-fve
years. ThorC are TOW Instances on record
~ so sudden n rise TO such great wealth az
his For years he fought the battle of life
poor, fricndlcss and unknown, but sud
dc1ly the tide OF fortune turned and
flowed In upon him so fast that almost
in n day ne became one Of the wealth
iCat mon in state famous FOR its great
milliOnaires. Nervous energy nnd activity
are expressed in his every word look and
action. He finds rest only in great enter
prise, OF which he has half dozen under
full Roadway, any one Of which would tax
the energies Of the average business man
20 tho utmost. He owns the Balwin Hotel
and the Baldwin Thcatcr-both contained
in tho same building-and many OF the
finest stores i'm San Francisco The build
ing and furnishing OF the hotel and thcatei
oost e35OO,OO0 The former Is said TO =,
the most elegantly appointed hotel in tho
world.
He holds controlling interest in severa
mines on tho ComstOck and Is developing
others in Eldorado County, which prCInis
TO bo very rich. lie has fine summe
hotel on Lake Tahoe, one Of the most popu
inr and fashionable resorts on the Pccf
coast, and he has recently purchased
large strip OF the lake shore, on which q
erect villas. His racing stable includes
long string OF some Of the swiftest-footc
flyers In the United States. In Lo
Angeles County alone he paid, in roun,
numbers, last year 10000 for taxes.
The Pure Faith OF Little Child.
pittsburgh Pos,.l
At certain country church IL was do
cided by the members 90 assemble togethc
at a given time 10 pray for rain, which wa
badly needed for the growing crop. A
the appointed hour the people began Z,
gather, and one little fellow came trudgin;
up with On umbrella almost as big "a him
sslf "What did you bring that for, young